If a physician forgets that a patient does not want to receive certain types of information yet discloses that information anyway, this is an example of:
A) Recklessness
B) Advertent negligence
C) Inadvertent negligence
D) The rule of double effect

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Inadvertent negligence occurs when a person fails to remember or consider important information, leading to harm or a breach of duty, as in the case of a physician forgetting a patient's preferences regarding the disclosure of certain types of information.

If a Physician Forgets That a Patient Does Not Want